Lettuce, Radishes, and Peas

Here's my baby lettuce!

And the radishes and peas! I don't think the peas are doing too well, we just haven't had enough sun this year. My brilliant plan was to plant the peas early enough so they were done by May 15th, so I could plant the tomatoes in that bed, because tomatoes do well in a bed that formally had peas or beans in it. Oh well! The best laid plans of mice and men...

Preparing my Last Vegetable Bed

I finally got a free day, so my husband and I set to work on the yard! He trimmed and mowed, and dug up two entire beds for me, one for flowers, one for veggies. This is my last vegetable bed. First we dug up all the grass and removed it, then I laid a medium bale of peat moss on it (which is enormous), and next I am going to dig in some manure. Also I am adding two bags of top soil to the lower end of the bed since it was so rocky. I don't know if you can see it, but I closed off the lower end of the bed, because last year I had a problem with water running out. Its so dry here I flood the beds twice a week to deep water the plants. Don't sprinkle the leaves with water, they like their leaves dry and their roots quenched!

Tulips!

What a cold spring we are having! The Tulip Festival opened this weekend, but the website says the weather isn't cooperating, and many of the tulips aren't opened yet. Sad! I guess they are extending the festival a weekend more to compensate. I know my tulips are getting ready, but most of them are still big green buds. 

My seedlings are doing alright, especially the sunflowers, which are monsters, and the cucumbers, so they should be ready for May's planting. I still need to prepare my last garden bed, I am lagging  behind, but its been a busy month here!

So apparently I need to apologize for not blogging for awhile! I have gotten some complaints! But the weather has been COLD and rainy, and I have been crabby! I want to go plant some more! Soon...

I will say my peas, lettuce, spinach, carrots and radishes are just coming up outside. They came up 1/2 inch or so, and seem frozen in place. Waiting for warmth no doubt!

The weatherman said its a La Nina year, which means wet wet wet. Ahhhh! I hope its not too bad, I am planning to plant a ton of tomatoes. My garden is on the south side of our house, so hopefully that will help it out. 

Baby Chickens! These are my friend Alisha's chicks, I am so jealous! They are darling! I just read that scientists at Pennsylvania State University found that eggs from pasture raised hens have 2 1/2 times more omega-3s and twice as much vitamin E as the eggs you buy at the store. I am gonna go find me some cage free eggs!